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20 Apr 2024 06:17:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: More info (Was: Heightfield bug (most probably an inverted normals problem))  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 22 Jan 2002 14:24:14
Message: <3C4DBC5C.BA61316@gmx.de>
Warp wrote:
> 
>   It's not actually a heightfield bug. It's a more general phenomenon. If the
> angle between the normal vector returned by the object (any object) and the
> incoming ray is <90 degrees, then the normal vector is inverted.
> 
> [...]

I think it would be interesting to know how other raytracers handle this.

Christoph

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